The Latest Lame Comment from a Male Politician

Another day, another male political figure opens his mouth and says something totally disappointing. (You think we'd be used to this by now, right?)

This time it was New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg criticizing mayoral candidate Christine Quinn—currently speaker of the New York City Council—on her clothes and hair. Yeah. Seriously.

In a recent interview, Quinn said that Bloomberg likes it when she wears high heels. So much so, she explained, that he once chastised her for wearing flat boots. Apparently, he also points out when she's in need of a touch-up on her hair color with comments like, "Do you pay a lot to make your hair be two colors? Because now it's three."

Granted, she later said she thought,"'Did you wake up being this big of an a--hole? Or did it take, like, all day to ramp up to it to be able to insult me like that?'," proving she's no shrinking violet. But those comments just aren't cool.

Whether or not these two have a light-hearted relationship, it's totally disturbing to see women in positions of power continue to be put down by men in their field. Bloomberg's comments, no matter if they were meant as jokes, are pretty damn chauvinistic. And, they perpetuate a double standard that women are expected to look perfect (and sexy), even when their jobs clearly don't demand that. (If Quinn was, say, a cocktail waitress at a chic nightclub or working in the fashion industry, maybe her physical presentation would matter.)

In any case, we're pretty put off by Bloomberg's critiques of his female colleague. At the very least, his behavior is just plain rude.